Agricultural implement



C. H. PELTON.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR1 I7, 1.920.

Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. I7, 1920. 1,41 O, 1 1 3. Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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BY. Z 1 a c. H. PELTON. y AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED. APR. 17, |920. 1 ,4 1 O, 1 1 8. Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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C. H. PELTON. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

1,4101 APPLICATION FILED APR. L7, 1.920 Patented Mar. 21,

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Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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UNITED sTATss PATENT foi-Fica CHARLES H. PLTON, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOB 'TO THE THOMAS MLNUFAC- TUBING -COHPANY, 0F SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar.l 21, 1922.

Application nien Aprii i7, i920. serial No. 374,527.

To all whom. it may concern.' y

Be it known that I, yCnannns PEL-ron, a. citizen of the United States, residin at Springfield, in the county of Clark and tate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Agricultural Implements, of which the following is a specification. reference being had therein Yto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to agricultural impleinents.y and more particularly to grain drills which are to be operated or drawn over the fields by a. tractor or power inachine.

The object in view is to provide improved means by which the forward movement of the implement or drill may be utilized in lifting from the ground the various beams which carry the disks, hose or shovels employed in acting on the soil. These beams with their equipment are usually called gangs.

A further object is to provide a spring arrangement by which the gan -lifting devices are assisted, so that the e ective force employed in lifting the gangs is deriyed in part from the forward motion of the implement cooperating with this spring action. In some instances, however, I will employ only the forward motion to effect the lifting through my improved devices to the exclusion of the spring arrangement.

I would further state that `the mechanism by which the lifting of the gangs is .effected through the utilization of the forwardmotion of the implement comprises a rotatable member kept in motion by the forward movementl of the implement. a second member having a detent adapted to engage with the rotatable member, a third member which. when unlocked, automatically throws said detent into engagement with the rotatable member so that all three membersl will then rotate together, and adjunct devices by which such .rotary motion operates a pitman which through intermediate devices act to lift the gangs from the ground and to suspend them until Yoccasion arises to return them to the soil.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a grain drill, selected for exemplification, embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is'a pian view of such 1a machine with my improvements embodied therein;

Fig. '3 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the lifting mechanism;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of two members of such mechanism;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation, looking in .the reverse direction, of that member of .the lifting mechanism which carries Ythe detent;

Fig. 6 is a. detail side elevation of the member Ywhich constantly rotatesy ,during the forward movement of the implement .and showing in dotted linesthe pawl carrying member in locked position;

Fig. 7 is a detail side elevation of `the member which constantly rotates `during the forward movement ofthe implement and showing lin dotted lines the `pawl carrying member in unlocked position;

Fig. 8 is aldiametrical vsectional view `on the .line 1/ IQ/of Fig. V4,1showing the relation of certain 'members of the lifting .mechanisin; and

Fig. :9 is `a sectional view von the .line z a of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrow. Y

The machine generally Lcomprises a pair of ground Wheels l carrying an axle 2 in such fashion that when the ywheels rotate the axle also revolves. ably supported onthe faxle. The forward end y.of the frame has depending arms 4 `to which are pivoted .at .5 beamsor gangs 6. the gangs vincluding a suitable instrument for acting on t-he soil, such as a `disk 7 withits accompany-ing boot .and wing 8, though, of course, shovels or any conventional 4device `for acting `on the soil, as by opening a furrow for the reception lof the grain, may be employed. Each gang has connected thereto a lifting rod 9 having a lsleeve l() acting at .one side .against a shoulder 11 on the rodand at ythe other .against a spring 12 supported by a pin 13. To the sleeve 10 is lpivoted `an `arm 14 so that when the arm is .actuated upward it will lift the gang from the `ground and when .actuated downward will permit thegang to vdescend into operating position. This ar-m 14 is secured A frame 3 is suit- Y upon a `rock ,shaft .15 1carriediin suitable to the disk .-27 and in doing such as a projection 17 secured to the rock-v shaft andadjustably connected with a pitman 18-which has ahandle 19 by which it may be manipulated should occasion require. One form of connection betweenthe projection 17 fand the spring catch 20 pivote jection 17 and carrying a itman comprises a d) at 21 to the propin 221'adapted to enter any one of the several holes 23 in the pitman. A," spring 24 acts .to keep the pin 22`in either of the holes 23 into which it ma have been inserted.

Iieferring now to the comes locked therewith, so as to rotate with it, when a detent 28 is j actuated to engage with the ratchet teeth 26. This detent pivoted at1`29 and iskept` in its inner posi-V tionor out of engagement with the ratchet teeth by the action of a spring 30 supported by alug 31 on the disk 27. The particular part ofthe detent 28 whichY engages with the ratchet teeth is shown at 32. An arm ofthe detent is bifurcated, as shown at 34, to receive a stud 35 projecting through a slot 36 in the disk 27 and carried by the adjoining disk or member 37` of the lifting mechanism. This member is also loosely becomes locked Withdrawal of mounted on the shaft 2 but thereto when released by the a locking shoulder 3,9. Thisdog is actuateldby the operator through the intervention of a cord or wire 40 extended to within reach of his position. A housing 41 is secured to the cross beam 42 of the general frame and carries this locking detent. [The detent is held in engaging position by a spring 43 acting against a lug 44 and surrounding a pin 45 in the lng 44 and in a projection 46 of the housing. The spring acts at one end against this projection and at the other against the lug. This spring isovercome whenthe cord or wire 40 i. pulled. The locking dog is held to thebracket 41 by means of a screw 40, the locking dog having a slot 41a to permit it to slide.

The disk ormember 37 being unlocked. is instantly rotatably actuated by a forceful spring 47 attached at 48 tothe disk27 and at 49 tothe disk or member 37. This spring is under tension `when the disk 37 is locked. When the disk is unlocked the spring47 quickly advances the disk 37 in `its, `relation yso .thexlug 35 Vpitman 18,

dog 38 from engagementwitha on the disk 37 acts on the detent 28, turning it on its pivot 29 so that its point 32 moves radially into engagement withv the ratchet teeth 26 on the constantly rotating disk or member 25. 4 i

In this way the two disks or members 27 and 37 are made to take up a rotary movement which continues through half a revolution, at which time the other shoulder 39a `on the disk 37 comes in contact with the locking detent 38, the effect of which is to arrest the further movement of the disk 37 which causes the lug 35 thereon to throw the detent 28 'out of engagement with the ratchet teeth 26. This in turn causes the disk-or member' 27 to also stop. By this time one set of the teeth 27'L on the disk 27, of which there are two series, at diametrical points. will have passed from thel paw] 28L and the other set Will have come into engagement with this pawl. Its office is to keep the disk 27 from any tendency to shifting of its positionwhen properly actuated, as above described.

It is during the rota-tive movement of these disks or members that the pitman 18 is actuated tov lift the gangs. This actuation is` effected by an eccentric or cranklike movement of a ring 50 to which the pitman is connected and which rides upon rollers 51,011 studs 52 carried by the disk 27 andplaced in such a position with reference` to the center of the shaft 2 that When rotated about such center these studs and their rollers impart an eccentric movement to the ring 5l Vand hence reciprocate the This movement of the pitman rocks the shaft 15 through the arm 17 and thence through the arms 14 lifts the rods 9 and elevates the gangs.

`In order that' the required movement, abovereferred to, of the disk 37 with respect to the disk 27 `may be permitted, the disk 37 has slots 53 through which extend the studs`52. A further slot 54 in the disk 37permits va bolt 55 to extend through from the disk 27 which carries this bolt.` A nut 5G onI this bolt and a Washer 57 ysliding against the disk 37 act vto keep the disks 37 and 27 in their proper position in an axial direction. y i

As an aid in lifting the gangs, when they `are particularly heavy `or numerous, I prefer lt1ontohincrease thel lifting effort of the shaft.A `I-n-this Way this spring cooperates With and aids the lifting mechanism in the function of elevating the gangs. But my lifting mechanism is not at all dependent upon the use of this spring, the latter being merely an aid or adjunct under some circumstances.

It will now be seen that as the drill or other implement proceeds across a field and a time arrives for elevating the gangs all that is required is a quick pull by the operator on the actuating cord or wire 40 which unlocks the detent 38 from the member 37 which under the influence of the spring 47 is given a. short movement in a. rotary direction. This causes the lug 35 on this member 37 to throw the pawl 28 into engagement 'with the ratchet teeth 26, thus interlocking the two members 27 and 37 with the constantly rotating member -25 which is keyed to the wheel shaft. Then it is that the several members rotate together with the result that the pitman is actuated by its connected ring and the several eccentrically operating studs and rollers. This movement of the pitman in turn lifts the gangs through the intermediate devices before described.

This mechanism has been thoroughly tested out in regular manufacture and commercial use and been found to be effective and sure in operation. It successfully utilizes the forward motion of the implement in effecting the automatic elevation of the disks without intervention of manual labor and exertion. The power of the tractor used in drawing the implement forward is thus put to the further useful purpose of raising the gangs.

It is to be understood that when the member 37 comes to a full stop by the contact of the stop projection 39 with the locking dog 3S. after a half revolution, the momentum will carry the member 27 some distance until the then increasing tension of the spring 47 checks the member 27. lVhen so checked the pawl 2821 will snap into one of the teeth 27 and thus hold the member 27vfrom turning back under the pull of the spring 47. Thus the members are held in proper position for a repetition of the operation already described, so that the member 37 will make its initial movement. due to the action of the spring 47 as soon as the locking dog 38 is again withdrawn from the stop 39. It will also be understood that this continued momentum movement of the member 27 had the effect of throwing the detent 28 out of engagement. with the ratchet in the member 25.

The operations by which the gangs are dropped down or lowered are as follows.

Assume that the gangs are up. First, pull the trip cord 40. This will release the member 37 and through the means already described will cause a rotation of the rollers 51 to move in a reverse direction to that in which it moved in lifting the gangs, that is, to move clockwise, which will cause the arm 14 and the rod 9 to lower the gangs where they will remain until the trip cord 40 is pulled again to cause a rotation of the parts to lift the gangs.

It will further be understood that I have confined my illustration and description to one set of gangs and one lifting mechanism. In practice the machine contains two sets of gangs and two lifting mechanisms, the main shaft 2 being continuous throughout the width of the machine and carrying the two lifting mechanisms, while the rockshaft 15 is made in two sections, one section for each set of gangs. One section of the roclc shaft is operated by one lifting mechanism and the other section of the rockshaft is operated by the other lifting mechanism. The division in the rockshaft is shown in Fig. 2, 15 being one section and 15a the other section.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A power-transmitting mechanism comprising a shaft, a clutch mounted on said shaft and having a driven mechanism including two members, one of said members being provided with arc-shaped slots, studs on the other member projecting through said slots and provided with rollers, a ring mounted on said` rollers and havingits axis arranged eccentrically relatively to the axis o f the shaft, and a member actuated by said ring.

2. A power-transmitting mechanism comprising a4 shaft, a clutch mounted on` ysaid shaft, a plurality of rollers carried by said clutch, a ring mounted on said rollers and having its axis arranged eccentrically relatively to the axis of the shaft, and a member actuated by said ring.

3. A power-transmitting mechanism comprising a clutch including a driving and a driven member, a shaft on which said members are mounted, a plurality of rollers carried by the driven member of said clutch, a ring mounted upon said rollers and having its axis arranged eccentrically relatively of said shaft, and a. member actuated by said ring.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

CHARLES I-I. PELTON. 

